Lime Tree Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Sale, Trafford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Trafford Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2021–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Lime Tree Primary Academy is a primary school in Sale, Trafford for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 3 December 2024. Trafford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Lime Tree Primary Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | 0.366 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.761877609 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, with 51 first-choice applications for 51 offers; places ran out in 2 of the 5 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Of the 125 Reception 2026 applications, 36 (29%) came from families living outside Trafford, and 16 offers went to them.
- 25.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 11.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Trafford.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Trafford schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Budworth Road, Sale, M33 2RP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Trafford
- Pupils on roll
- 473 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 28
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 3 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils play a large part in making Lime Tree Primary Academy the welcoming community that it is.”
- “They make every effort to rise to the school’s high expectations of both behaviour and achievement.”
- “Pupils’ behaviour is exemplary and embodies the school’s motto, ‘a place where everyone loves to learn’.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, these checks do not focus on the most important knowledge that pupils need to support their future learning.”
- “This leads to gaps in some pupils’ learning and prevents them from achieving as well as they could.”
- “A small number of pupils do not attend school as regularly as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 69% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 51 first-preference applications, 51 offers in total, 51 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Trafford.
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Worthington Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Templemoor Infant and Nursery School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Anne's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Moorlands Junior School 0.5 mi School remains Good
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Springfield Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brooklands Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published